So a quick question when thrifting, is there a way to see selvedge jeans when looking at the waist area? The Savers thrifts hang the jeans with the waist facing out, so looking at the leg cuffs would be painful. If it is possible, I would appreciate a picture showing how to tell.

Not a thrift brag, but a gift brag. A fellow member on the other forum was shrinking his shoe collection and happened to have several pair in or near my size that were destined for Goodwill. Instead, they were graciously passed to me and he is permanently in my book as one of the most stand-up guys ever.

Stopped by my local GW looking for a duffel bag and they were having a surprise sale: half off orange tags. That meant 3 tweeds for $10. I can do that. All destined for listing this winter, except for the first one which fits me. It's got a pre-1962 union label, and classic vintage narrow lapels that roll to 2.5, and is half lined. Anyone from Cincinnati recognizer the lapel? Google tells me they were a department store. Must have been from the ivy league-focussed line.

Stopped by my local GW looking for a duffel bag and they were having a surprise sale: half off orange tags. That meant 3 tweeds for $10. I can do that. All destined for listing this winter, except for the first one which fits me. It's got a pre-1962 union label, and classic vintage narrow lapels that roll to 2.5, and is half lined. Anyone from Cincinnati recognizer the lapel? Google tells me they were a department store. Must have been from the ivy league-focussed line.

Having an iPhone has been a revelation for me in thrifting pretty much because of items like this - there are so many obscure Japanese brands floating around that being able too know what it is I'm looking at has allowed me to pick up some stuff I would have passed on previously.

I need a faster phone, I feel like I'm standing in the aisle half the time waiting for the ebay app to search for something. In my favorite thrift, I get no signal at all, it's frustrating!

Thanks for that! I've bookmarked it.
They also had a link to the local department store that sold one of the other tweeds. It was called Woodard's, a western Canadian chain. In the comments someone remembers that after the chain closed the flagship store in Vancouver was partially demolished in a Jackie Chan film. If I recall correctly it was Rumble in the Bronx, with Vancouver standing in for the Bronx!.http://departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.ca/2010/11/woodwards-stores-ltd-vancouver-bc.html